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Re: Caps on multilayer boards

From	John S <Sophi.2@invalid.org>
Newsgroups	sci.electronics.design
Subject	Re: Caps on multilayer boards
Date	2016-11-12 20:23 -0600
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On 11/12/2016 7:57 PM, tabbypurr@gmail.com wrote:
I found chopping the cap up not effective, by the time I was down to
> the bottom its leads had snapped off from fatigue. The PCB pads are
> then so small, and their visibility so obscured by soldering iron &
> surrounding parts that I can't solder anything onto them. Fwiw the
> thing works just as well with the bad caps missing.

Do you have a Dremel with a cut-off tool? Do you have space on the board 
to use it?

If both answers are yes, then cut off the capacitor at about 1/8 inch or 
more from the board.

I can't suggest anything further because I've never done it. Use 
breathing precautions, of course.

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Caps on multilayer boards tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2016-11-07 04:12 -0800
  Re: Caps on multilayer boards Syd Rumpo <usenet@nononono.co.uk> - 2016-11-07 12:46 +0000
  Re: Caps on multilayer boards George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2016-11-07 06:13 -0800
    Re: Caps on multilayer boards tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2016-11-07 11:48 -0800
      Re: Caps on multilayer boards George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2016-11-07 13:00 -0800
  Re: Caps on multilayer boards Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-11-07 06:43 -0800
    Re: Caps on multilayer boards tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2016-11-07 11:46 -0800
      Re: Caps on multilayer boards Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2016-11-07 14:47 -0500
        Re: Caps on multilayer boards tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2016-11-07 11:57 -0800
          Re: Caps on multilayer boards stratus46 <stratus46@yahoo.com> - 2016-11-08 01:25 -0800
        Re: Caps on multilayer boards "Carl Ijames" <carl.ijamesXyZZy@ZZxyz.verizon.net> - 2016-11-07 16:11 -0500
          Re: Caps on multilayer boards tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2016-11-08 02:49 -0800
  Re: Caps on multilayer boards Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-11-07 14:13 -0600
  Re: Caps on multilayer boards John S <Sophi.2@invalid.org> - 2016-11-07 18:58 -0600
  Re: Caps on multilayer boards Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2016-11-08 08:29 -0800
    Re: Caps on multilayer boards tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2016-11-08 13:32 -0800
      Re: Caps on multilayer boards Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2016-11-08 15:26 -0800
        Re: Caps on multilayer boards tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2016-11-08 15:40 -0800
  Re: Caps on multilayer boards Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2016-11-10 04:29 +0000
    Re: Caps on multilayer boards tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2016-11-12 17:57 -0800
      Re: Caps on multilayer boards John S <Sophi.2@invalid.org> - 2016-11-12 20:23 -0600
        Re: Caps on multilayer boards tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2016-11-13 03:34 -0800
          Re: Caps on multilayer boards John S <Sophi.2@invalid.org> - 2016-11-13 10:17 -0600
            Re: Caps on multilayer boards tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2016-11-13 09:47 -0800

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